Fantastic Four vol 8 #4 pg 16 HALF SPLASH by Ramos/Olazaba, 2025 -- The Fantastic Family finally sees Jelly Bean for the Monster he is

In this issue, the Fantastic Family adopts a cute little dog named Jelly Bean that turns out to be a huge & hideous many-tentacled monster that can manipulate what people see and even feel.

Alicia (the blind sculptress who is now married to the ever lovin' blue-eyed Thing) is the only one who is able to temporarily break the spell of the monster and "see" it for what it is. They battle, but the monster re-exerts control.

But Alicia is also able to express some concerns to Reed, who (on this page I am posting tonight) brings a doo-hickey to the dinner table that finally breaks the spell the monster has on everyone.

So in the splashy first panel, everyone is fine with the many-tentacled monster wrapped around a smiling Alicia, but in the second and third panels, they are most definitely ... not. And mayhem ensues!

I just this page because of how things change so quickly.

And also I love the kitty cats in that splashy panel. The Fantastic Family definitely likes to bring in stray animals.

And finally, if you're reading this current FF series, you'll notice that Ryan North likes to write family scenes set around a crowded dinner table. And Humberto and Victor are masterful at illustrating these scenes. So I was happy to get a page like this.